Cameo Los Angeles Kit

Hi all, got a lead on the following drum kit. I’ve never owned or researched camco drums, but have always wanted one! I’m checking out the below kit tonight. Looks like the high Tom and bass were redrilled for pearl style hardware.
12,14,20 -los angeles badge. Owner bought them new in 1977

That's a really nice looking kit. You should check for numbers stamped or written on the re-rings. On all-original kits they typically match, or in rare cases are very close to each other. If they are far apart, then the kit is likely married. If the owner is correct that the kit was purchased in 1977, I would think the number would be north of 1000, and probably written on the re-rings in black marker. Other things to note would be presence of tone controls (it looks like one is installed on the floor tom); also check to see if the original Aristocrat strainer is on the snare drum. These are often missing with either a Ludwig (extra holes) or Rogers clock-face (no extra holes) installed. The tone controls and strainers are hard to find and expensive, so it is impactful to the price if they are present or not. If you get a chance to take some pictures, it would be great to see more details. Good luck!

Yes those sizes (20/12/14) in the L.A. era are quite rare but unfortunately the Pearl mount hurts it some. Too bad the mount was added at some point otherwise they would be special but nonetheless, they are very good drums. Hmm, I've only seen a small handful of 20" L.A. bass drums in all my time involved in Camco drums. The 14x14 L.A. floor toms are rare too!

I have a pretty cool looking 1 o'clock rail mount 20/12/14 L.A. Camco kit with no extra holes or mods...

I ended up getting them, feeling I may have overpaid, but they sounded incredible and wood finished drums get me every time.

The good: 12,14,20 with matching snare. Not too many bruises on this one, some light marks...doesn’t bother me. All Los Angeles badges with matching number on re-ring. And yes 10 lug 20 inch bass...very funky.

The bad: 12 inch was redrilled for a different mount , along with the bass drum. The bass drum has DW lugs ( wasn’t redrilled) but he said the original lugs gave in in the 80s. All ts are incorrect, as well as a set of claws. The 14 floor is perfect, no mods.
The snare is missing one part of the throwoff, see picture.

I know parts are going to be next to impossible to find, but not sure when I’d ever see a matching kit like this again...so I took the chance.